''Put the Shine On'' is the seventh

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by American musical group

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, released by

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on March 13, 2020.

Recording

''Put the Shine On'' was recorded primarily in

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. The album's sound has notable hip hop influence, as the Casady sisters had worked with rapper

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on his album '' The Big Day'' prior. The sisters worked on the album between visits to their mother, Christina Chalmers, who died eleven days after providing backing vocals for the track “Ruby Red".

Critical reception

''Put the Shine On'' received mixed reviews. Sasha Geffen of ''

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'' gave the album a rating of 5.1 out of 10, describing it as an "incoherent melange" and "a return to their

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tendencies, piling on drum machines,

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s, over-the-top raps, and

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guitars". The review stated that the album's "complicated tone... gets blunted in the record's production," and notes the use of "stock hip-hop beats", "clumsy

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", "rhythmic elements", "

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", "distorted

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s", "harp loops", and lyrical content involving concepts like "generational trauma, mental illness, and sexual violence". At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 58, based on 5 reviews.

Track listing

Charts

References

2020 albums CocoRosie albums Marathon Artists albums {{2020s-album-stub